Combined sifter and funnel



H. H. HOOPS.

COMBINED SIFTER AND FUNNEL. APPLICATION FILED'APR.1 2. 1919.

1 ,333 ,41 9, Patented Man. 9, 1920.

,4 TTORNE Y8 Hermann. floors, or'nnw YORK, N, Y

coninnnn srr'rnn AND FUNNEL.

V Specificationof-Letters Patent. Paten td'j'lvlal. 9, 1920.

. Application med April12,1919. sea-1N0. 289,669. 7

Ton whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN I'I. Hoors, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New ,v

York, have invented a new and Improvec Combined Sifter and Funnel, of whlch th followmg its a description. 1

and more particularly is intended for sift-V mg out grapes from ground cork or sawdust andwhereby approximately the desired quantity of grapes with adhering sawdust r is provided, preferably in the form of a may be taken from the barrel or other contamer, the exact amount separated from the sawdust and weighed, any surplus grapes restored to the barrel and the saw'dust or as much of it as deslred also restored to the barrel on top of the returned grapes, the l whole performance being attended with convenience, despatch and cleanliness.

The present methods of handling the grapes do not enable a givenquantity to be readily vendedand in the operation the saw- Ydustor ground cork is caused tolitter the floor. v p 7 Reference 1s to be had to the accompanying drawings formmg a part of tlns specliicatiomit being understood that the draw-' lugs are merely illustrative of one example ofthe invention.

Figure 1 1s a longltudinal vertical sectlon of a combined sifter and funnel embodying 7 my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view with parts brokenv awa to better show the spring means normal y tending to hold the valve controlled funnel closed In carrying out my invention inaccordance with the illustrated example a body 10 to have bearing in the latter. The valve 13 is normally held closed by spring means to thereby normally closethe contracted neck 12 of the funnel. In the illustrated example.

springs 15 are coiled about the ends of the rod 14: with which the valve 13 is rigid, the

inner ends of the springs being secured to the neck 12 as indicated at 15, Fig. 2,.while the opposite ends of the springs are suitably made fast to the rod A ls 'top 12" in the neck 12 limits the closing movement of the valve under the action of thesprings 15.

' The upper end of the funnelipresents an 'annular shoulder 16 to constitute a restfor ti p ifted from its seat on the shoulder 16 infthe My improved device is for use by grocers a sifter 17 consistingof a ringand suitable mesh 18.v Thus thesifter may be readily cylindrical body 10,Whereby to constitute the sifter a tray for restoring any surplus mater al deposited'on the sifter hereinafter further referred to."

The valve 13 maybe opened optionally against the tension of the springs 15 for which purpose I prov de a' leVer-arm 19v rigid with the valve and its rod 'l" and ex- .tend wire-or cord ash20 fromthe end of saidarm throughsuitable guides 21 on the tunnel '11 and" upwardly outside of the slfter 17 through a vertical clearance recess 22 formed in the periphery of'the said sifter; The terminal of the core 20 preferably is in the form of a ring 23 and lower and upper 'hooks'24, 25 are provided within'the cylindrlcal body 10 above the sifter. In the closed position of the valve under the action 7 of thesprings 15, the ring 23 may be engaged with the lower hook 24: while a pull on the ring 23 and cord-.20 will open the valve and it maybe held in. the open position by hooking the ring 23 over the upper hook 25; .With the described construction,

the device 10 is placed on the floor or counter adjacent to the barrel or otherfstructure containing the grapes and 1 sawdust and grapes are lifted from the container and are deposited on theesifter 17 in approximately the quantity of grapes desired. 'Any given quantity of grapes maynow be taken from the sifter' manually and weighed. The grapes remaining on the sifter 17 may now berestored to the original container and this may be done by lifting the sifter bodily from the cylindrical body 10. The remainserved in Fig. 1 that the valve 13 and its rod 14 are mounted in the neck or spout 12 of the funnel at such a height above the lower edge of the cylindrical body 10 that the valve 13 g Y A 1,333,419

the lower end ot the body to give firm sup port.

I Would'state in conclusion that While the illustrated example constitutes a practlcal embodiment of my lnvention, I do not limit myselt strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manitestly the same can be considerably VZLIIQCl, \v1thout departure trom the spirit ot the invention as de fined in the appended claims.

Having thus'desc'ribed my invention, I

3 claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A combined sitter and tunnel including a casing, a valve controlled tunnel in said casing and having an annular shoulder at its upper end, an annular ring having a mesh therein to torm a sitter tray removably seated on said shoulder, and operating means tor said valve passing over sai shoulder above said sitter tray to a position to bemanuallyengaged.

2. A combined sitter and'tunnel including a portable tubular body, a valve controlled tunnel rigid in said body and presenting an annular shoulder at the upper enchand a sitter tray comprising an annular ring and having a mesh therein, said annular ring being adapted to be removably' seated on said shoulder of the tunnel'and opti'onally littable therefrom, whereby said tray constitutes carrying means tor any surplus material deposited on the sitter, and an operating cord tor said valve passing over said shoulder and upwardly outside 0t said sitter tray to a position to be conveniently manually engaged.

3. A combined sitter and tunnel includ- 'ing a casing, valve controlled tunnel in said casingand having an annular shoulder at its upper end, an annular sittetray removably seated on said shoulder, operating means tor said valve passing over said sl1oulder above said sitter tray to a position tor manual engagement, and means engaged by said operating means tor holding the latter in either valve open or closed position.

HERMAN n. HooPs. 

